“Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward (and sometimes backward) are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles.” HumansSometimesPlayStepsRolesEventsPersonalityMajorsTraditionLogicalOutsidersStraightforwardSteps Forward Book:The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA Source: The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
“The organizer who creates roles, who creates the holes that will force the pegs to their shape, is a prime creator of personality itself. When we ask of a man, "What is he?" the answer is usually given in terms of his major role, job, or position in society; he is the place that he fills, a painter, a priest, a politician, a criminal.” MenJobsAsksGivenForceTermAnswersRolesPositionPersonalityPoliticianShapesMajorsCreatorCriminalsHolesPainterPriestsPrimeOrganizerPeg Book:THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION Source: THE ORGANIZATIONAL REVOLUTION
“I guess for major film industry players a film is a money making devise, so using formulas assures them that their investment will have returns. A lot of big studio films are created by formulas and committees, stripping away any individuality or personality from the work so that they could appeal to most everyone on there planet but to no one in particular.” BigsFilmPlayerParticularPlanetsPersonalityIndustryReturnMajorsInvestmentIndividualityStudiosMaking MoneyAppealsFormulasCommitteesFilm IndustryStrippingStripping Away Author:Signe Baumane
“I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people.” PeoplePersonsBitsMy OwnPersonalitySolitudeMajorsSolitary Author:Anthony Hopkins
“You are unfortunately most of the time defined by your success, when your success is not a major part of your personality.” PersonalityMajorsDefined Author:Roland Orzabal
“The sort of resilient personality who can bounce back quickly after a major setback, does so largely because they quickly generate positive emotions which serve as a physical and psychological antidote to bad news.” DoeEmotionPersonalityMajorsNewsPsychologicalAntidoteSetbackBad NewsResilientBouncePositive Emotions Author:Nick Baylis
“I have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a 'do-not-reply' address. It's ridiculous! Don't you want your customers to reply to you?” WantLaughingPersonalityMajorsCustomersRidiculousAddressesNewsletters Author:Brendon Burchard
“I've always had a very extreme personality, which gets me into major trouble, I'm always all or nothing, and I don't know the world "balance." I'm desperately trying to learn it because I think as you get older it becomes very important.” ThinkingKnowsWorldTryingImportantTroublePersonalityBalanceMajorsExtremes Author:Michelle Pfeiffer
“I am a child of the Enlightenment. I think irrational belief is a dangerous phenomenon, and I try to consciously avoid irrational belief. On the other hand, I certainly recognize that it's a major phenomenon for people in general, and you can understand why it would be. It does, apparently, provide personal sustenance, but also bonds of association and solidarity and a means for expressing elements of one's personality that are often very valuable elements. To many people it does that. In my view, there's nothing wrong with that.” PeopleThinkingTryingMeanChildrenDoeHandsWould BeBeliefViewsDangerousPersonalityElementsMajorsEnlightenmentValuablePhenomenonAssociationIrrationalSolidaritySustenanceIrrational Beliefs Author:Noam Chomsky
“The country and culture commonly known as "America" had had a badly split personality all through its history. Its overt laws were almost always puritanical for a people whose covert behavior tended to be Rabelaisian; its major religions were all Apollonian in varying degrees---its religious revivals were often hysterical in a fashion almost Dionysian.” PeopleCountryAmericaLawCultureReligiousKnownFashionPersonalityDegreesBehaviorMajorsSplitsRevivalHystericalCovertSplit Personality Author:Robert A. Heinlein